Historical summary of faculty, enrollment, degrees, and finances in degree-granting institutions: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2010-11

Selected characteristic

1869-70

1879-80

1889-90

1899-1900

1909-10

1919-20

1929-30

1939-40

1949-50

1959-60

1969-70

1979-80

1989-90

1999-2000

2005-06

2009-10

2010-11

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Total institutions1

563

811

998

977

951

1,041

1,409

1,708

1,851

2,004

2,525

3,152

3,535

4,084

4,276

4,495

4,599

Total faculty2

5,553

3

11,522

3

15,809

23,868

36,480

48,615

82,386

146,929

246,722

380,554

450,000

4

675,000

4

824,220

5

1,027,830

5

1,290,426

5

1,439,144

5

—

Males

4,887

3

7,328

3

12,704

3

19,151

29,132

35,807

60,017

106,328

186,189

296,773

346,000

4

479,000

4

534,254

5

602,469

5

714,453

5

761,035

5

—

Females

666

3

4,194

3

3,105

3

4,717

7,348

12,808

22,369

40,601

60,533

83,781

104,000

4

196,000

4

289,966

5

425,361

5

575,973

5

678,109

5

—

Total fall enrollment6

52,286

115,817

156,756

237,592

355,213

597,880

1,100,737

1,494,203

2,444,900

3,639,847

8,004,660

11,569,899

13,538,560

14,791,224

17,487,475

20,427,711

21,016,126

Males

41,160

3

77,972

3

100,453

3

152,254

214,648

3

314,938

619,935

893,250

1,721,572

2,332,617

4,746,201

5,682,877

6,190,015

6,490,646

7,455,925

8,769,504

9,044,811

Females

11,126

3

37,845

3

56,303

3

85,338

140,565

3

282,942

480,802

600,953

723,328

1,307,230

3,258,459

5,887,022

7,348,545

8,300,578

10,031,550

11,658,207

11,971,315

Degrees conferred

Associate's, total

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

206,023

400,910

455,102

564,933

713,066

849,452

942,327

Males

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

117,432

183,737

191,195

224,721

270,095

322,916

361,309

Females

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

88,591

217,173

263,907

340,212

442,971

526,536

581,018

Bachelor's, total7

9,371

12,896

15,539

27,410

37,199

48,622

122,484

186,500

432,058

392,440

792,316

929,417

1,051,344

1,237,875

1,485,242

1,650,014

1,715,913

Males

7,993

10,411

12,857

22,173

28,762

31,980

73,615

109,546

328,841

254,063

451,097

473,611

491,696

530,367

630,600

706,633

734,133

Females

1,378

2,485

2,682

5,237

8,437

16,642

48,869

76,954

103,217

138,377

341,219

455,806

559,648

707,508

854,642

943,381

981,780

Master's, total8

0

879

1,015

1,583

2,113

4,279

14,969

26,731

58,183

74,435

213,589

305,196

330,152

463,185

599,731

693,025

730,635

Males

0

868

821

1,280

1,555

2,985

8,925

16,508

41,220

50,898

130,799

156,882

158,052

196,129

241,656

275,197

291,551

Females

0

11

194

303

558

1,294

6,044

10,223

16,963

23,537

82,790

148,314

172,100

267,056

358,075

417,828

439,084

Doctor's, total9

1

54

149

382

443

615

2,299

3,290

6,420

9,829

59,486

95,631

103,508

118,736

138,056

158,558

163,765

Males

1

51

147

359

399

522

1,946

2,861

5,804

8,801

53,792

69,526

63,963

64,930

68,912

76,605

79,654

Females

0

3

2

23

44

93

353

429

616

1,028

5,694

26,105

39,545

53,806

69,144

81,953

84,111

In thousands of current dollars

Finances

Current-fund revenue

—

—

—

—

$76,883

$199,922

$554,511

$715,211

$2,374,645

$5,785,537

$21,515,242

$58,519,982

$139,635,477

—

—

—

—

Educational and general

income

—

—

$21,464

$35,084

67,917

172,929

483,065

571,288

1,833,845

4,688,352

16,486,177

—

—

—

—

—

—

Current-fund expenditures

—

—

—

—

—

—

507,142

674,688

2,245,661

5,601,376

21,043,113

56,913,588

134,655,571

—

—

—

—

Educational and general

expenditures

—

—

—

—

—

—

377,903

521,990

1,706,444

4,685,258

16,845,212

44,542,843

105,585,076

—

—

—

—

Value of physical property

—

—

95,426

253,599

457,594

747,333

2,065,049

2,753,780

10

4,799,964

13,548,548

42,093,580

83,733,387

164,635,000

—

—

—

—

Market value of endowment

funds

—

—

78,788

11

194,998

11

323,661

11

569,071

11

1,372,068

11

1,686,283

11

2,601,223

11

5,322,080

11

11,206,632

20,743,045

67,978,726

—

$336,908,009

$355,790,614

$415,656,829

—Not available.

1 Prior to 1979-80, excludes branch campuses.

2 Total number of different individuals (not reduced to full-time equivalent). Beginning in 1959-60, data are for the first term of the academic year.

3 Estimated.

4 Estimated number of senior instructional staff based on actual enrollment data for the designated year and enrollment/staff ratios for the prior staff survey. Excludes graduate assistants.

5 Because of revised survey procedures, data may not be directly comparable with figures prior to 1989-90. Excludes graduate assistants.

6 Data for 1869-70 to 1939-40 are for resident degree-credit students who enrolled at any time during the academic year.

7 From 1869-70 to 1959-60, bachelor's degrees include degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

8 Figures for years prior to 1969-70 are not precisely comparable with later data.

9 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

10 Includes unexpended plant funds.

11 Book value. Includes other nonexpendable funds.

NOTE: Data through 1989-90 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.